It’s Billionaires at the Gate as Ultra-Rich Muscle In on Private Equity
In an era of hyper-affluence, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse cater to a super-exclusive class.
America’s last Gilded Age had its “List of 400”: the people said to be worthy enough, or at least rich enough, to climb the pinnacles of high society.
Today, in an age of affluence not even the Astors and Vanderbilts might have imagined, there is something closer to a List of 55.
Its members are so rich that, in rarefied corners of Wall Street, they seem less like actual people than vast investment empires. Their ranks include familiar names like Bezos and Dell, as well as a growing number of lesser lights whose dynastic wealth is reshaping global business, if not capitalism itself.
This unofficial list represents the first, rough cut of the most sought-after banking clients at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and it is by no means complete. To the contrary: The List of 55 is only the beginning.
Around the globe, bankers are vying for the world’s hyper-wealthy as never before. And they are holding out investments that are tantalizingly off-limits to the rest of us, behind a velvet rope of bespoke investment banking.
This is how the super-rich keep getting super-richer. Anyone can buy stocks. Only a privileged few can bankroll multimillion-dollar ventures or buy entire companies. Private equity—that lucrative and, at times, controversial force of modern finance—has become a playground of the new aristocracy.
It was bound to happen. Like so many things, investing is becoming increasingly stratified. Private bankers now say that entry-class “rich” starts at about $25 million. But you need more than that—typically at least 40 times more, or about $1 billion—if you want a ticket into serious deal-making.
Yet, on another level, the rich-ification of private equity harks back to another time. This era of extreme wealth and extreme inequality is minting private dynasties that rival public corporations. On Wall Street, many executives expect the billionaire-whisperers, like merchant bankers of old, to accrue even more financial power.
Some of the people who tend these family fortunes say privately that bankers can seem irrelevant. They say their success doesn’t hinge on the banks.
The worn-out trope—this is a new Gilded Age—may not be far off. Not since the days of John D. Rockefeller has so much been owned by so few.
“This is a new world that’s been around, basically, forever,” said David Dwek, head of private sponsors at Morgan Stanley. “They are an important part of the deal ecosystem.”
Wealthy families have always been choice clients for bankers. Today, major banks woo billionaires and their family offices much the way they do multinational corporations or deep-pocketed institutional investors. Services range from advising on mergers and acquisitions to arranging financing for portfolio companies to providing counsel on expanding or selling family businesses.
Granted, investing is a risky business, even for billionaires. The recent implosion of Steinhoff International Holdings NV, for instance, cost the South African tycoon Christo Wiese, the company’s biggest shareholder, the equivalent of more than $3 billion in net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Banks that lent Wiese money against his stock have lost roughly $1 billion.
Still, with so much money and influence at stake, bankers are pitching hard. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has its own list of 60, counting among its clients the Reimann family’s JAB Holding Co. and the Koch brothers’ investment firm. JPMorgan, in addition to its initial 55, is watching several hundred families that are poised to enter this rarefied realm.
Credit Suisse Group AG, which has retreated from wealth management for less-well-heeled customers, reserves its ultimate white-glove treatment for about 200 moneyed individuals and clans. Deutsche Bank AG and UBS Group AG have separate units that bridge private wealth management and investment banking.
At Morgan Stanley, Dwek’s team targets “permanent capital,” or money from families, sovereign wealth funds, pension systems and listed investment companies. The operation began about eight years ago as part of an effort to pull wealthy families into Morgan Stanley’s orbit.
Over at JPMorgan, bankers in April arranged financing for an acquisition of Texas-based food company C.H. Guenther & Son by PPC Partners. The investment company is controlled by the Pritzker family, one of America’s richest clans.
Paul Carbone leads PPC with Tony Pritzker, and together they focus on North American companies valued between $100 million and $750 million. Carbone, formerly managing partner of the private-equity group at Robert W. Baird & Co., said PPC doesn’t rely on bank-led auctions to source most of its deals. Rather, banks tend to serve as intermediaries and pitch firms such as PPC to business owners looking to sell or expand. The banks’ goal, as he put it: “to put people together who have like interests, in a very old-world sort of way.”
Credit Suisse, which has also advised PPC, went as far as to organize an event in Detroit to nurture ties with Daniel Gilbert, the founder of Quicken Loans Inc., and other super-affluent types. (Gilbert, who co-hosted the event, is worth more than $7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.) Representatives of 43 families worth a combined $75 billion attended the May 2017 event. The official topic was revitalizing Detroit. If Credit Suisse drummed up business, so much the better.
Credit Suisse was already financing mortgage originations for Quicken Loans. But the bank sees its relationship with Gilbert as valuable even beyond his company, said Charles Buckley, head of ultra-high net worth coverage for North America.
“We’re trying to reach people where they’re most passionate,” Buckley said. “Sometimes that’s in traditional investment-banking ways, but sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s helping them revitalize Detroit.”
Buckley now oversees a $3 billion portfolio of loans made chiefly against billionaires’ stakes in private companies, as well as a team of 20 bankers.
“It could be a block trade one day, and they may want to tap into public markets another,” said Shideh Theunissen, Buckley’s lieutenant.
It’s almost impossible to put a specific number on the money that’s at stake. The Pritzkers’ PPC Partners, Paul Allen’s Vulcan and Stone Canyon Industries, backed by Michael Milken, are among the more recognizable names. Many others fly under the radar. And not all billionaires are looking to acquire companies or take stakes in private ventures.
Still, activity has been heating up, particularly in middle-market transactions. The value of deals done by family offices jumped to $100.6 billion in 2016, from $25.1 billion five years earlier, according to PitchBook data.
Major banks must compete with an established cast of specialized boutiques. Byron Trott, known for his long-term links to Warren Buffett, caters to the world’s wealthy; his firm, BDT Capital Partners, has used its connections to raise billions for private-equity funds.
One of the grand old names in banking, Rothschild & Co., has also been expanding lately, with an eye toward the ultra-rich. It helped the Koch brothers finance Meredith Corp.’s takeover of Time Inc. last year. Another boutique, Moelis & Co., has won the favor of hedge fund manager-turned-Sears Chief Executive Officer Edward Lampert, as well as casino mogul Steve Wynn. Aryeh Bourkoff’s LionTree Advisors works closely with the tycoon John Malone.
Major banks want to bring good deals to family offices, partly to avoid losing business to the boutiques and middle-market investment banks, said Bill Woodson, who leads Citi Private Bank’s family-office group in North America. Woodson’s unit, with four private bankers and two investment bankers, shepherds large family offices looking to make deals from one area of the bank to another.
Bigger banks still are trying to adjust to the new realities. Over the years, even as rich lists exploded, many large global banks became so fragmented that billionaires simply outgrew them and hired their own investment professionals. In the past, many bankers were so focused on corporate clients and other big institutional investors that they largely ignored individual fortunes. Investment bankers might even drop a billionaire’s family office as a client, figuring that pitching deals to it wasn’t worth the hassle.
No more. “From our perspective, they’re No. 1 or No. 2 on a call list,” said Todd Stevens, head of the key client partners business at Deutsche Bank.
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The provincial parliament meets tomorrow to set a date for the abolition of compulsory savings in salaries of employees
12:55 11/06/2018
Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:
The Kurdistan Regional Parliament (KRG) will meet tomorrow to discuss the reforms law, the deputy speaker of Kurdistan's parliament said on Monday.
"The parliament of the Kurdistan region will meet tomorrow to discuss the reform law after both the legal and financial committees submitted their reports to the parliament presidency yesterday," Amineki told a news conference attended by Al-Ghad Press.
"We are optimistic to pass the law by the parliament," noting that "the Kurdistan Regional Government has identified some proposals on the draft law."
"After the ratification of the law, the date of the next session of the parliament will be fixed in order to set a date for the abolition of compulsory savings in the salaries of employees," he said.
"The meeting also included the naming of a decision of the Board of Commissioners, as well as naming the media spokesman for the Electoral Commission for elections, and has been approached by the Kurdistan Regional Council to nominate three judges to run the offices of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk.
The Kurdistan Regional Parliament (KRG) will meet tomorrow to discuss the reforms law, the deputy speaker of Kurdistan's parliament said on Monday.
"The parliament of the Kurdistan region will meet tomorrow to discuss the reform law after both the legal and financial committees submitted their reports to the parliament presidency yesterday," Amineki told a news conference attended by Al-Ghad Press.
"We are optimistic to pass the law by the parliament," noting that "the Kurdistan Regional Government has identified some proposals on the draft law."
"After the ratification of the law, the date of the next session of the parliament will be fixed in order to set a date for the abolition of compulsory savings in the salaries of employees," he said.
Zain Islamic Bank of Iraq stresses the importance of rehabilitation of human resources
(Independent) .. The assistant director of the director of Zain Islamic Bank of Iraq Raghd Nabil Alusi the importance of the trend to adopt plans to achieve a variety of revenues through the products of Islamic banking adopted by Iraq and proved a great success in the world.
Al-Alousi said that the first phase of the work should focus on creating human resources with international efficiency, as it is an important focus in the overall financial activities, through the participation of specialized courses under the supervision of international financial expertise, stressing the interest in compliance sections and money laundering and risk.
The banking system in Iraq expanded significantly after 2003 and now consists of 70 private sector exclusively banks Qlidip and Islamic, which has become a bank.
Al-Alusi pointed to the importance of the actual trend in the multiplicity of banking products that are offered to customers to support all the joints of the productive and service market, which represent the trend to achieve benefits for the Iraqi economy and support development.
Al-Alousi said that the first phase of the work should focus on creating human resources with international efficiency, as it is an important focus in the overall financial activities, through the participation of specialized courses under the supervision of international financial expertise, stressing the interest in compliance sections and money laundering and risk.
The banking system in Iraq expanded significantly after 2003 and now consists of 70 private sector exclusively banks Qlidip and Islamic, which has become a bank.
Al-Alusi pointed to the importance of the actual trend in the multiplicity of banking products that are offered to customers to support all the joints of the productive and service market, which represent the trend to achieve benefits for the Iraqi economy and support development.
Iraq and USAID discuss implementation of financial performance improvement project
Direct: Iraqi officials discussed with officials of the USAID-funded Takamul Project, coordination mechanisms for local revenue and budgets between local governments and the federal government, and the implementation of the project to improve financial and administrative performance in six governorates.
"The project is aimed at launching a program to improve performance and achieve good governance in Iraq.
John Leicester said the project began in mid-last year and lasts for five years, including two years and three optional years. The project cost about $ 160 million.
He added that the project is implemented by the head office in Baghdad and regional offices in Basra and Erbil and includes the first phase of the provinces (Baghdad - Basra - Arbil - Babel - Anbar - Nineveh), indicating that the project aims to strengthen the capabilities of the Iraqi government to provide the best services to citizens Improving financial management.
As well as strengthening monitoring and accountability in the provision of services in order to maintain those services and respond to the needs of citizens and promote decentralization as a means to achieve the best services.
The project also aims to help Iraq meet the reform requirements of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's future loans. The project also promotes national efforts to reconstruct liberated areas and help local governments access the necessary resources to improve services in the provinces.
In a related context, Governor Wasit Mahmoud Mulla Talal, said that the province succeeded in achieving more financial revenues during the past year after it worked to take advantage of the transfer of powers and improve the level of municipal services provided to citizens, which contributed to increase the volume of revenues to reach 21 billion dinars during the year The past, an increase of 14 billion dinars for the year 2016, expected to rise 96 billion dinars during the current year.
The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq appoints a new Chairman of the Commission of Commissioners of the Electoral Commission
11:54 11.06.2018 Copy the link
The Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq appointed a new Chairman of the Board of Commissioners in the Independent High Electoral Commission, pursuant to the decision of the Iraqi Council of Representatives.
A spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council, Abdul Sattar Birqdar: "The Supreme Judicial Council, on Monday, a meeting of judges assigned to carry out the functions of the Board of Commissioners, during which the president and his deputy and the director of the electoral district," according to the site, "Alsumaria News . "
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The Supreme Judicial Council appointed on Sunday 9 judges assigned to carry out the functions of the administration of the Electoral Commission , whose work ends after the ratification of the final results of the parliamentary elections held on 12 May last , in response to the Iraqi parliament's decision issued last Wednesday. d
First Iraq-flagged oil tanker in 3 decades leaves port
''The Baghdad'' left Basra on Friday night headed for the United States
Iraq, June 11, 2018
An Iraq-flagged tanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil has set sail for the US, the first such trip in nearly three decades, the oil ministry said Saturday.
Iraq, which has been ravaged by a series of wars since the 1980s, is OPEC's second biggest producer with 153 billion barrels of proven crude reserves.
'The Baghdad left Basra on Friday night headed for the United States. It is the first time since 1991 that Iraq is running its own oil tankers,' oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said.
Basra, in southern Iraq, is an oil-rich province.
Since an American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the country has been blighted by long periods of chaos, culminating in a three-year battle against Daesh insurgents.
Infrastructure in Iraq, which depends on oil for 99 percent of revenues, was devastated but authorities have been looking to boost oil and gas output.
The country has leased four tankers and is expected to obtain three others at a later date.
In May, Iraq exported 3.49 million barrels of oil per day, according to the oil ministry.
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Allawi Calls for Repeated Election after Blaze at Ballot Warehouse
ERBIL — Iraq’s vice president and the president of Iraqi National Accord, Ayad Allawi called for repeated election after ballots from the recent parliamentary election burned at a warehouse in Baghdad on Sunday.
He said in a statement that the election process itself had received enough criticism for possible frauds that makes the votes invalid.
However, he did not mention the fire incident, but called for holding a parliamentary election within six month, until then, he suggested, the government should operate as the acting cabinet.
The Shi’ite official insists that any parliament and government formed based on the May 12 votes would be a legislative and executive body detached from the people of Iraq.
KRG Announces Eid al-Fitr Holidays
ERBIL — The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has announced five days for the Eid al-Fitr holidays, starting from Thursday, 14th June 2018, a spokesperson said.
Government offices will resume operation on Tuesday, 19th June.
On the occasion of Ramadan Eid, we convey our warmest congratulations to the Muslims in Kurdistan and around the world. We wish this occasion will bring happiness and stability, together with unity to our people,” reads the statement.. d
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Wisdom: Burning the ballot boxes is intended to "mix the cards" and will not affect the process of manual counting and sorting
13:41
11/06/2018 Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:
A member of the Political Bureau in the stream of wisdom Raad al-Haidari, on Monday, that the burning of ballot boxes is intended to "mix the cards," indicating that this will not affect the process of counting and sorting by hand.
Al-Haidari told Al-Ghad Press that "the accused accused of fraud are against the process of manual counting and sorting because they are the beneficiaries of the sabotage work that took place in the ballot boxes yesterday." He called on the competent authorities to "investigate and detect manipulation,
He added that "the wisdom with any measure to ensure the safety of the elections and votes and from the beginning we called for the gradual process of counting and sorting and that the procedure by 10% and not a complete return, and if the 10% only do so sound and if there is doubt we return to the total calculation," stressing that "we are not With a strong procedure for counting and sorting from the beginning. "
He pointed out that "the voter did not burn the ballots of the ballot yesterday, but the purpose of mixing the papers," stressing that "the problems got in the voices of the displaced and the voices of northern and western provinces will not affect the fire on the process of counting and sorting by hand."
"It is hard to take caution and perhaps whoever did the operation yesterday may do another job," he said. d
A member of the Political Bureau in the stream of wisdom Raad al-Haidari, on Monday, that the burning of ballot boxes is intended to "mix the cards," indicating that this will not affect the process of counting and sorting by hand.
Al-Haidari told Al-Ghad Press that "the accused accused of fraud are against the process of manual counting and sorting because they are the beneficiaries of the sabotage work that took place in the ballot boxes yesterday." He called on the competent authorities to "investigate and detect manipulation,
He added that "the wisdom with any measure to ensure the safety of the elections and votes and from the beginning we called for the gradual process of counting and sorting and that the procedure by 10% and not a complete return, and if the 10% only do so sound and if there is doubt we return to the total calculation," stressing that "we are not With a strong procedure for counting and sorting from the beginning. "
He pointed out that "the voter did not burn the ballots of the ballot yesterday, but the purpose of mixing the papers," stressing that "the problems got in the voices of the displaced and the voices of northern and western provinces will not affect the fire on the process of counting and sorting by hand."
"It is hard to take caution and perhaps whoever did the operation yesterday may do another job," he said. d
The United Nations is willing to assist the judges who will assume the functions of the Board of Commissioners
12:58 11/06/2018
Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:
The UN representative in Iraq, Jan Kubic, said during a meeting with Supreme Judicial Council President Faik Zidane on Monday that the United Nations would help the judges who will serve as the board of commissioners.
A statement issued by the Media Center of the Supreme Judicial Council received a copy of the "Al-Ghad Press" that "the President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Faik Zidane received in his office the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq Jan Kubic and discussed the procedures of the Supreme Judicial Council in the application of the Third Amendment Law to the Law of Council Elections Deputies ".
"The representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq Jan Kubic offered to provide assistance to the judges who will assume the functions of the Board of Commissioners and the management of UNHCR offices in all provinces."
The UN representative in Iraq, Jan Kubic, said during a meeting with Supreme Judicial Council President Faik Zidane on Monday that the United Nations would help the judges who will serve as the board of commissioners.
A statement issued by the Media Center of the Supreme Judicial Council received a copy of the "Al-Ghad Press" that "the President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Faik Zidane received in his office the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq Jan Kubic and discussed the procedures of the Supreme Judicial Council in the application of the Third Amendment Law to the Law of Council Elections Deputies ".
"The representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq Jan Kubic offered to provide assistance to the judges who will assume the functions of the Board of Commissioners and the management of UNHCR offices in all provinces."
Al-Jaafari receives the credentials of the Ambassador of the Republic of Fiji in Baghdad
13:29 11/06/2018
Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:
Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Monday received the credentials of the non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, Moses Tekutogia, in Baghdad.
"Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari received today a copy of the credentials of Mosis Tekutogia, the non-resident ambassador of the Republic of Fiji in Baghdad," Jaafari's office said in a statement received by al-Ghad Press.
He added that "during the meeting, they discussed ways to improve the bilateral relations between the two countries to meet the aspirations of the two friendly peoples."
"The interest of Baghdad in exchanging visits between officials of the two countries in the context of strengthening relations and opening channels of bilateral cooperation," Jaafari said, praising "Fiji's position supporting Iraq at the United Nations."
"The Iraqi Foreign Ministry is ready to provide everything that will make the diplomatic mission in Baghdad succeed and contribute to the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries," he said.
"The world understands the importance of Iraq in the region and the international community," he said. d
Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Monday received the credentials of the non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, Moses Tekutogia, in Baghdad.
"Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari received today a copy of the credentials of Mosis Tekutogia, the non-resident ambassador of the Republic of Fiji in Baghdad," Jaafari's office said in a statement received by al-Ghad Press.
He added that "during the meeting, they discussed ways to improve the bilateral relations between the two countries to meet the aspirations of the two friendly peoples."
"The interest of Baghdad in exchanging visits between officials of the two countries in the context of strengthening relations and opening channels of bilateral cooperation," Jaafari said, praising "Fiji's position supporting Iraq at the United Nations."
"The Iraqi Foreign Ministry is ready to provide everything that will make the diplomatic mission in Baghdad succeed and contribute to the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries," he said.
"The world understands the importance of Iraq in the region and the international community," he said. d
Lavrov: We are concerned that Iraq and Syria are moving to Afghanistan
Media treasures / Baghdad ..
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia would continue to work to push the Taliban into direct negotiations with the Afghan authorities in Kabul through dialogue, pointing out that the foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization are concerned about the transfer of Iraq and Syria to Afghanistan.
"Russia has long advocated such a dialogue because the Taliban are part of Afghan society, of course, after putting aside the use of military means to defend their interests," Lavrov said in remarks published by RT .
Lavrov added that "the Taliban must be a direct partner in the political process," noting that "so far there is no confirmation by the Taliban on its willingness to enter into such a dialogue, but we will continue to work."
Lavrov said that the foreign ministers of the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, are concerned about the deterioration of the situation in northern Afghanistan, where the organization is active advocates, "noting that" all ministers spoke about the need to control the situation in Afghanistan and make it stable. They expressed concern about the infiltration of elements calling to the territory of this country, including from Syria and Iraq " d
Water diplomacy between Turkey and Iraq
11/6/2018 12:00 am
Dr.. Saad Al Obeidi
The Tigris water crisis appeared quickly and unexpectedly, as if the community had been cleared of its stupidity to find itself in the throes of a thirst that would strike or blow it in the middle of the desert of Taha, but the tracker finds that it is neither new nor surprising, but years back before the fall of the regime. Dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and continued to fill one after the other, and researchers in the area of water attributed the reason to the oldest time, the famous saying of the former Turkish dam specialist Salman Demirel (barrel of oil versus a barrel of water).
The water crisis in Iraq and beyond the technical aspects that are not valid in the area except specialists, is a complex problem thorny as the nature of the occurrence of a share, the global warming, which changed the amounts of rain and its areas have affected Iraq, which fell within the area where the rain, Relatively to include parts of Turkey according to the Tigris and Euphrates, especially in this year, which indicated the air conditions lack of rainfall in these parts confirmed by the Turks in more than once.
The Turks themselves have a share in the crisis, since the dams they built in the past 20 years have damaged Iraq. They have also failed to sign agreements according to the international laws and treaties on water sharing on the basis of their interpretation that the Tigris and Euphrates are local rivers, Iraq is part of the legacy of the Ottoman Empire has hurt a lot in Iraq.
Iraq is also affected by the crisis, because the calculation to avoid damage was not at the required level, and agriculture in all its regions is old, consuming a lot of water, and its fire is exposed to leakage and evaporation in a way that has not been calculated. Damages delayed completion until the present time for political considerations such as the dam in the province of Bukhma, as well as the process of distribution of water between the peasants and the provinces full of errors and transgression and non-compliance, especially after the fall of the system on the day of farmers felt the absence of restrictions and rushed to the behavior of abuse and exploitation as if one of them ready His neighbor is dying to thirst for his implant.
Turkey is a strong state for its politicians, a sense of greatness. They even put the file of this crisis in the hands of President Erdogan, a proof of the desire to invest in their favor a paper to deal with Iraq. Therefore, Iraq needs political teams. To negotiate with the Turks strong, full of information and experience, and need to be aware of the supreme authority in its executive system, the government dimensions of the crisis and find papers to deal with the Turks are effective and influence them to abide by international agreements and the launch of Iraq's share. d
The Tigris water crisis appeared quickly and unexpectedly, as if the community had been cleared of its stupidity to find itself in the throes of a thirst that would strike or blow it in the middle of the desert of Taha, but the tracker finds that it is neither new nor surprising, but years back before the fall of the regime. Dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and continued to fill one after the other, and researchers in the area of water attributed the reason to the oldest time, the famous saying of the former Turkish dam specialist Salman Demirel (barrel of oil versus a barrel of water).
The water crisis in Iraq and beyond the technical aspects that are not valid in the area except specialists, is a complex problem thorny as the nature of the occurrence of a share, the global warming, which changed the amounts of rain and its areas have affected Iraq, which fell within the area where the rain, Relatively to include parts of Turkey according to the Tigris and Euphrates, especially in this year, which indicated the air conditions lack of rainfall in these parts confirmed by the Turks in more than once.
The Turks themselves have a share in the crisis, since the dams they built in the past 20 years have damaged Iraq. They have also failed to sign agreements according to the international laws and treaties on water sharing on the basis of their interpretation that the Tigris and Euphrates are local rivers, Iraq is part of the legacy of the Ottoman Empire has hurt a lot in Iraq.
Iraq is also affected by the crisis, because the calculation to avoid damage was not at the required level, and agriculture in all its regions is old, consuming a lot of water, and its fire is exposed to leakage and evaporation in a way that has not been calculated. Damages delayed completion until the present time for political considerations such as the dam in the province of Bukhma, as well as the process of distribution of water between the peasants and the provinces full of errors and transgression and non-compliance, especially after the fall of the system on the day of farmers felt the absence of restrictions and rushed to the behavior of abuse and exploitation as if one of them ready His neighbor is dying to thirst for his implant.
Turkey is a strong state for its politicians, a sense of greatness. They even put the file of this crisis in the hands of President Erdogan, a proof of the desire to invest in their favor a paper to deal with Iraq. Therefore, Iraq needs political teams. To negotiate with the Turks strong, full of information and experience, and need to be aware of the supreme authority in its executive system, the government dimensions of the crisis and find papers to deal with the Turks are effective and influence them to abide by international agreements and the launch of Iraq's share. d
Distribution of the first batch of apartments in Iraq Gate complex in early 2019
11/6/2018 12:00 am Baghdad / Wafa Amer
Baghdad Investment Commission will distribute during the first quarter of next year 2019 the first phase of the apartments of the complex of the Gate of Iraq, at a time when the province of Baghdad, the need to build hotels on the banks of the Tigris River.
The Chairman of the Commission, Eng. Shaker Zamili, told Al-Sabah that the project of Iraq's residential gate, which is implemented on the land of Muthanna airport, is one of the most promising projects in the residential sector. It consists of 49 buildings comprising 3,000 housing units on an area of 120 dunums, 90 thousand meters as well as a health club, playgrounds, commercial street and integrated services.
He added that the Authority has set the first quarter of next year 2019 as the official date for the delivery of 246 apartments within the first phase of the project, expressing his hope to complete the project as soon as possible and distribution of apartments in successive installments, because the company's implementation continues to work continuously without any delay. In the same context, Zamili pointed out that the project of the People's Housing complex will also provide 504 housing units, stressing that the executing company has achieved advanced completion rates, pointing out that the project was divided into two phases, including the first 8 buildings with 266 apartments, As well as the recent internal and external works of the buildings. Zamili said that the second phase includes the construction of 6 buildings containing 238 housing units, noting that work is continuing to end the work of building the pillars of a number of buildings mentioned. At the same time, the company started special works to build a restaurant 250 square meters within the entertainment area of the project site, Along with the establishment of a commercial mall. "The capital needs to build huge hotels along the Tigris River instead of directing 90 percent of the investment to build modern malls," said Jassem Mohan Bakhati, the Baghdad province's technical deputy.
He explained that Abu Nwas Street is one of the most prominent sites for the establishment of these hotels because it is characterized by its beauty and view on the Tigris River and a lot of unused space, as well as that there are important areas in Baghdad, especially those that start from the airfield extension to Bab al-Mu'adham, To modernize and transform them into modern tourist and recreational areas while preserving their heritage form rather than what they are now.
Baghdad Investment Commission will distribute during the first quarter of next year 2019 the first phase of the apartments of the complex of the Gate of Iraq, at a time when the province of Baghdad, the need to build hotels on the banks of the Tigris River.
The Chairman of the Commission, Eng. Shaker Zamili, told Al-Sabah that the project of Iraq's residential gate, which is implemented on the land of Muthanna airport, is one of the most promising projects in the residential sector. It consists of 49 buildings comprising 3,000 housing units on an area of 120 dunums, 90 thousand meters as well as a health club, playgrounds, commercial street and integrated services.
He added that the Authority has set the first quarter of next year 2019 as the official date for the delivery of 246 apartments within the first phase of the project, expressing his hope to complete the project as soon as possible and distribution of apartments in successive installments, because the company's implementation continues to work continuously without any delay. In the same context, Zamili pointed out that the project of the People's Housing complex will also provide 504 housing units, stressing that the executing company has achieved advanced completion rates, pointing out that the project was divided into two phases, including the first 8 buildings with 266 apartments, As well as the recent internal and external works of the buildings. Zamili said that the second phase includes the construction of 6 buildings containing 238 housing units, noting that work is continuing to end the work of building the pillars of a number of buildings mentioned. At the same time, the company started special works to build a restaurant 250 square meters within the entertainment area of the project site, Along with the establishment of a commercial mall. "The capital needs to build huge hotels along the Tigris River instead of directing 90 percent of the investment to build modern malls," said Jassem Mohan Bakhati, the Baghdad province's technical deputy.
He explained that Abu Nwas Street is one of the most prominent sites for the establishment of these hotels because it is characterized by its beauty and view on the Tigris River and a lot of unused space, as well as that there are important areas in Baghdad, especially those that start from the airfield extension to Bab al-Mu'adham, To modernize and transform them into modern tourist and recreational areas while preserving their heritage form rather than what they are now.
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The CBI for Monday 6/11/18 did update on the indicative rates Sell Rate 1184
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The CBI for Monday 6/11/18 did update on the indicative rates Sell Rate 1184
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6-10-2018 Newshound Guru Whitelions I think if the fire in Iraq was set (and More Likely it was ) for them to hold a new vote will bring more people out than ever and Sadr will win by more than a land slide and the people that set it will have to live with the back fire .
6-10-2018 Intel/Newshound Guru tman23 Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri on Sunday claimed the fire that broke out at a warehouse in eastern Baghdad, where the electoral commission kept ballot boxes, was deliberate and called for a new parliamentary election... NEW ELECTION...LOL!!! What a mess...who could of possibly seen this coming?? Funny Jabouri was calling for a new election saying ballots were destroyed as firefighters were in the middle of still putting out the fire...
6-10-2018 Intel/Newshound Guru tman23 Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri on Sunday claimed the fire that broke out at a warehouse in eastern Baghdad, where the electoral commission kept ballot boxes, was deliberate and called for a new parliamentary election... NEW ELECTION...LOL!!! What a mess...who could of possibly seen this coming?? Funny Jabouri was calling for a new election saying ballots were destroyed as firefighters were in the middle of still putting out the fire...
6-10-2018 Newshound Guru Kaperoni Article: "Fire breaks out at Baghdad warehouse storing ballot boxes for Iraq's election recount" Quote: "A Baghdad warehouse being used to store ballot boxes for Iraq's contested parliamentary election caught fire on Sunday, ahead of a nationwide recount effort." Imagine that! a fire breaks out in the warehouse that storing ballot boxes that are going to be recounted sound familiar?
6-10-2018 Newshound Guru Kaperoni So if we're waiting for the formation of the government to occur before any kind of monetary reform can go forward, it looks like we might be waiting an extra month or so. I think we were all hoping for the formation of the government to occur by the end of June and to coincide with the cbi's three-month IMF requirement (June 15 or so) compliance but that looks like it might be pushed back until the end of July or August. If so we have to hope that the CBI can continue to maintain spread within 2% or less for that duration. In the meantime I am looking for some news that would indicate that the IMF has scheduled their Article IV Consultation with Iraq. I believe this will occur at the same or about the same time as the CBI's begins monetary reform. [post 2 of 2]
6-10-2018 Newshound Guru Kaperoni Some good news today if you call it that, it looks like the manual recount is only going to take about 10 days and not 3 months as originally predicted. Personally I don't know what the desire for manual recount is for. It's not going to change the outcome of who becomes prime-minister because that is based on political blocks unifying to form an alliance. At best, a political block may pick up a seat or two in parliament. But all this nonsense has been initiated by al-Maliki and his block and Salim Jubouri the parliament speaker who both lost pretty handily in the elections. What also appears to have happened is in the last day or so a large alliance has been formed consisting of a majority of parliamentary seats. This Alliance does not include al-Maliki or his state of law coalition. [post 1 of 2....stay tuned]
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ARTICLE 1-A (from PM Abadi's website; posted on both Arabic and English sides)
Statement
The Prime Minister, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Dr. Haider Al-Abbadi, ordered all operations leaders in the provinces to tighten the security procedures of the UNHCR warehouses and increase the quotas allocated for their protection.
It also directed the specialists in the Directorate of Criminal Evidence and the Directorate of Civil Defense to detect the location of the incident and the investigation and prepare a detailed report of the incident and damage after being checked final.
We reaffirm that the security forces have a duty to protect the places of funds and storage centers from outside and have nothing to do with storing inside the buildings in order to preserve the independence of our heroic armed forces and not to interfere in the electoral process, providing security for voters and protecting buildings, institutions, electoral centers and storage centers.
The burning of the electoral stores, which coincided with the anniversary of the day that the gangs occupied the city of Mosul, represents a plot to strike the country and its democratic approach. We will take the necessary measures and strike with an iron fist on both sides. He has the same wish to destabilize the security of the country and its citizens.
Media Office of the Prime Minister
June 10, 2018
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ARTICLE 1-B (from PM Abadi's website; posted on both Arabic and English sides)
Prime Minister Dr. Haider Al-Abadi heads a meeting of the Higher Committee for Investment and Reconstruction
Prime Minister Dr. Haider Al-Abadi met with the Higher Committee for Investment and Reconstruction. During the meeting, they discussed the investment of the port of Faw, the offers and the time frames for its establishment and the completion of negotiations by the Negotiating Committee to choose one of the offers.
The committee also discussed the draft of the army channel and approved the two books of the Ministry of Planning on the subject and instruct the National Investment Authority to grant an investment license to start the project immediately.
The committee discussed the completion of the Karbala refinery and approved the plan of the Ministry of Oil for funding.
Also discussed were the implementation of a number of other projects in the field of investment and reconstruction in line with the requirements of the next stage.
Media Office of the Prime Minister
June 10, 2018
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ARTICLE 2-A
Tweet posted on Government of Iraq twitter account:
Government of IraqVerified account @IraqiGovt 6-10-2018, around 7 am Eastern
Residents of Mosul and other liberated areas celebrate the month of Ramadan in freedom and safety following the defeat of Daesh and their eviction from Ira
Government of IraqVerified account @IraqiGovt 6-10-2018, around 11:30 am Eastern
Iraq’s Defence Minister attends meeting of the @coalition in Brussels. The @IraqiGovt is working with our 74 partners in the @coalition to dismantle Daesh networks, deny it a safe haven and counter its violent extremist propagand
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ARTICLE 2-B
Tweet posted on PM Abadi twitter account:
- PM Al-Abadi chairs a meeting of the High Committee for Investment and Reconstruction
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ARTICLE 3
"I will not be involved in a civil war," Sadr said
2018/6/11 10:08
[Ayna-Baghdad]
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, warned on Monday of the seriousness of the situation in Iraq after the burning of the warehouses of the Electoral Commission.
The head of the Sadrist movement published a message warning of the gravity of the situation in Iraq and the "beginning of civil war," the source said.
The text of Sadr's message entitled [Iraq is in danger]:
"I Asthalfkm God Asthlfkm blood of the martyrs Astahlfkm cries of the Shkhali Isthlfkm Bahat of prisoners Asthlfkm crying children Asthlfkm Iraq Iraq Isthlfkm Iraq's sanctities
I ask you for the pains of the poor, I will replace you with the hungry, I will replace you with the sorrows of the workers.
Iraq is wounded, Iraq is still wounded did not heal Iraq need to cooperate and unite Your Iraq is still full of the poor, the oppressed, the orphans, the wounded, the bereaved, the widows, the elderly, the destitute and the disabled.
You have no water, no electricity, no agriculture, no industry, no money, no infrastructure, no services, no good environment, no safe borders, and enemies. You will get it from all over Iraq. The Baath's fingerprints, oppression and dictatorship are still clear.
Iraq, Iraq, the prophets, the prophets, the great scientists, the great thinkers, the intellectuals and the intellectuals.
Vkafkm struggle for seats and positions and gains and influence, power and governance.
Is it time to stop occupation and external influence? Is it time to stop bombings, bombings and terrorism? Is it time to stop conflicts and assassinations? Is it time for Iraq to join us with honor, chastity, brotherhood and peace? Is it time for us to stand for construction and reconstruction instead of burning the ballot boxes or re-election from a seat or two? Is it time to disarm and hand it over to the state rather than to store it in mosques and Husseiniya and blow up the lives of innocents? Or is it time to take care of our money and our rights and do our duties towards the homeland and love of the homeland of faith?
How long will Iraq remain in the bottom of fear and lack of funds and souls? How long will some remain subjugated to the will of the alien and those behind the border?
Ah, Iraq, I wish to see you safe and well respected Ghanma .. Do I see you ?! Oh, Iraq .. I wish to see the people enjoy the benefits of safe, ah, Iraq .. I wish to see the youth energies to differentiate to adopt the nation with all tender and loving and not greedy
If Iraq were to come back someday, I would tell him what he did, so that Iraq would come back one day and tell him what the occupation and terrorism did
.. Iraq I had the tent of Iraq I had an Iraqi father was my father Iraq I had a candle lit my way to burn it? So I am a fool Iraq, I have a certain Vaanni after God and victory for reform .. This is the will of the people
But not to be as wanted by the sellers of two-thirds of Iraq the beginning of civil war .. No I will not be a party, I said: Take positions and gains and the homeland
"I will not sell the homeland for the seats and I will not sell the people for the sake of power. Iraq cares about me, but I have fewer positions than Afta Anz."
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ARTICLE 4
Declaration of the formation of the Green Climate Fund in Iraq
2018/6/10 12:36
[Ayna-Baghdad]
The Ministry of Health and Environment announced the formation of the National Green Climate Fund (NDA) in Iraq.
"The agency's announcement came in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the use of international funding mechanisms to address the serious challenges facing Iraq," the ministry said in a brief statement.
Iraq suffers a crisis of drought and desertification unprecedented in its history because of government neglect and abuses in the agricultural land, orchards and converted into residential, like random, in addition to the scarcity of rains and cut the neighboring countries [Iran and Turkey] of the tributaries and rivers towards Iraq,
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ARTICLE 5
$ 3500 for flu at the University of St. Louis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - June 9 - The University of St. Louis has turned a 24-room hotel into a research center that seeks to deliberately expose its "guests" to flu viruses to test new vaccines against the disease.
"Human challenge studies are a way to get a lot more information faster, with fewer volunteers and less expensive than conventional vaccine studies," said Dr. Daniel Hauft in a statement issued by the university.
Volunteers receive $ 3,500 and to make the challenge more attractive, the university says the 24 volunteers will receive 24-hour care by a dedicated team of nurses, with facilities such as television, the Internet and private bathrooms.
Common areas offer comfortable chairs, social networking areas, reading or watching TV, according to CNS Sacramento.
Each guest will be given the flu vaccine or placebo before starting his stay, and then he will get a dose of flu through the nose, an
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